thechineseroom is the name of a development research project I run at the University of Portsmouth, UK. We're interested in first person gaming - particularly, using mods to explore questions about gaming that you can't answer by just analysing commercial releases or theorising about them.

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Dear Esther
Half-Life 2

Dear Esther

First Person Shooter

A deserted island... a lost man... memories of a fatal crash... a book written by a dying explorer. Dear Esther is a ghost story told using first-person...

Korsakovia
Half-Life 2: Episode Two

Korsakovia

First Person Shooter

The paramedics report that they were unable to find his eyes. We think he may have eaten them.

Antlion Soccer
Half-Life 2

Antlion Soccer

First Person Shooter

A multiplayer mod for up to 8 players. Antlion Soccer is a pretty simple idea - two teams (Combine vs Citizens), one pitch, two goals, gravity guns all...

Conscientious Objector
Doom III

Conscientious Objector

First Person Shooter

In 2147, two years after the Mars Base fiasco, the Union Aerospace Corporation drove the Expendable Resource Reconnaissance Bill through World Government...